Read the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government":

Question

All machines have their friction; and possibly this does enough good to counterbalance the evil. At any rate, it is a great evil to make a stir about it. But when the friction comes to have its machine, and oppression and robbery are organized, I say, let us not have such a machine any longer.
Which statement about Thoreau's rhetorical style is most accurate?

A.
He uses metaphor to prompt the reader to question his own motivations

B.
He uses parallelism to show how a remedy can be worse than the evil.

C.
He uses metaphor to portray the government as something driven by greed and evil

D.
He uses parallelism to compare the government to something soulless.

Answer 1

C. He uses metaphor to portray the government as something driven by greed and evil